I found a GREAT deal on 2013 xc60 t6 for 6500 with 107k on it, but it has a lot of codes commiserate with its price. I scanned it and copied down most of them, but I had several questions. For the price I don’t mind fixing things as long as they’re not crucial and can be done in time and two, aren’t terrible hard or expensive.
First, I know a low battery can cause all kinds of crazy with Volvos, could any of the following codes be due to a low battery?
Second, the one that concerns me the most (I think knowing only a little) was the “transmission clutch temperature too high.” Does this mean the valve body is going or what?
The abbreviated list (I didn’t have time to write them all, it was a ton):
u300616
u041568
u001000
c1a5893
1a5693
1a6093
1a6293
b10c100 (or b100100)
b10c124 (or b100124)
u001088
u021400
u051587
u300716
u300616
u1006468
u300013
u015600
b1b6916–>I think this was related to the battery voltage being low
p019300
p278768–>This I remember was about the clutch temp too high
The smarter thing would have been to just take pictures of them all rather than writing them down so then I could just upload them with what the scanner told me they referred to, but I don’t always think of these things.
Lots were for the central module as well as some sensors relating to the wheel modules as well. The more I write them down the more it seems I should run away, but given I’m just not getting much for my s60 I really need to be budget conscious (like some of the codes were for the seat memory switches and I couldn’t care less about that, but I DO care about the clutch ones if it’s bad, etc). If the codes are such that they don’t mean the electronics are dying, then great!
I also cannot drive too far from Indy (I already flew to eastern Ohio for my R design and pushed my wife’s good graces a bit), looking probably at 2-3 hours tops most likely.
I’ve also found some drive-e outside of the danger zone (2017+), but I’m just not sure I can let go of the 6 cylinder, I just love the way it feels, revs, pulls, all the things!
I found a nice 17′ t5 inscription platinum s60 with about 100k on it for 12,900 which seemed reasonable, but is a bit out of my budget (would like to stay around 10k or so).
Any thoughts? I know there are many disparate posts to sift through, but I thought I’d throw it out here. It’s just so hard to find good Volvos in my area, Acuras/Lexus are much more ubiquitous (so much so I’ve thought about those as well, but I really want to stay Volvo)….